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Bernie Sanders Accuses Liberal Think Tank of Smearing Progressive Candidates — WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders, in a rare and forceful rebuke by a presidential candidate of an influential party ally, has accused a liberal think tank of undermining Democrats' chances of taking …

Discussion: Washington Post, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Townhall, Fox News, The Daily Beast, Splinter, Burlington Free Press, twitchy.com, IJR, Axios and Sara A. Carter

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Bernie Sanders Writes Complaint Letter Because ThinkProgress Criticized Him For Being a Millionaire

Discussion: Trending Home and Center for American …

Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:

Wonder Boy Pete Buttigieg is a gay Harvard alum, fluent in Gramsci, Joyce, and Norwegian. And he's the Democrats' folksiest heartland hope. Really! — By the time Pete Buttigieg arrived at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, on the night of April 5 …

Discussion: New York Times, ABC News, Splinter, The Guardian, Politico, TMZ.com and Axios

Alexander Burns / New York Times:

Pete Buttigieg's Focus: Storytelling First. Policy Details Later. — The question was simple enough, but Senator John Edwards squirmed painfully. For 49 long seconds, the North Carolina Democrat, a masterful courtroom orator, sputtered before a crowd at Harvard, unable to settle on a favorite movie.

Discussion: CNN, USA Today and Politico

CNN:

What's behind the surging interest in Pete Buttigieg — Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author, with Kevin Kruse, of the new book “Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974.” Follow him on Twitter at @julianzelizer.

Dan Merica / CNN:

Pete Buttigieg officially announces presidential campaign — (CNN)On Sunday, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg — the fastest-rising Democratic candidate in the large and growing field of presidential hopefuls — officially announced his presidential campaign, exiting the lengthy exploratory portion …

Discussion: The Hill, Townhall, Breitbart, Associated Press, Balloon Juice and IJR

Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Pete Buttigieg's campaign kickoff is a bonding moment for this father and son

Discussion: Joe.My.God. and twitchy.com

Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:

Chris Wallace Refuses to Play More Than 5 Seconds of Trump's ‘Horrible’ Ilhan Omar Vid During Sarah Sanders Interview — Donald Trump's attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MI) was so “horrible” that Fox News' Chris Wallace did not feel “comfortable” playing more than 5 seconds of it as he interviewed …

Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:

President Trump ‘calling out’ Rep. Ilhan Omar for comments a ‘good thing’: Sarah Sanders — Sanders said President Trump wasn't wishing “ill will” on the congresswoman. — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Donald Trump's criticism of a Rep. Ilhan Omar Sunday …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, Bloomberg, Politico, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Political Wire, The Gateway Pundit, Joe.My.God., One America News Network, IJR and Breitbart

Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:

Congress is not ‘smart enough’ to examine Trump's tax returns, Sarah Sanders says — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Sunday that she doesn't believe members of Congress are “smart enough” to examine President Trump's tax returns, pushing back against Democrats' demands for information on the president's finances.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Washington Monthly, IJR and Talking Points Memo

Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Conway: House Democratic leaders frustrated with Ocasio-Cortez, Omar and other ‘radical freshmen’

Discussion: One America News Network

David Aaro / Fox News:
Pelosi moves to ensure Ilhan Omar's safety, calls for Trump to take down video

Discussion: RedState and Jihad Watch

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Behind the scenes: The White House prepares for Mueller week — Much of Washington has spent the weekend on pins and needles preparing for this week's release of the Mueller report. But in one particular quarter, people seem quite relaxed. — Behind the scenes: Two of the president's top advisers …

Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story

New York Times:

Emboldened by His Attorney General, Trump Confronts Mueller Report Head-On — WASHINGTON — The case was closed for President Trump on March 24, the day Attorney General William P. Barr delivered to Congress his four-page summary of the special counsel's 300-plus page report.

Discussion: NPR

Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:

Washington Waits in Suspense for Mueller Report — Officials were hashing out logistics for the delivery of the 400-page document, expected this week — WASHINGTON—When is the Mueller report coming? — Thousands of Congressional staffers, reporters, White House officials …

Discussion: Raw Story

Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:

Sen. Kamala D. Harris releases tax returns showing nearly $1.9 million in household income in 2018 — Sen. Kamala D. Harris released 15 years of her tax returns Sunday, showing that she and her husband earned almost $1.9 million in 2018. — Most of the adjusted gross income of $1,884,319 …

Discussion: Politico, Joe.My.God., Axios and Vox

Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
First Beto, then Pete: How the media are culling the Democratic contenders

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and Slate

Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Kamala Harris releases 15 years of tax returns

Discussion: The Week

Kyung Lah / CNN:
Kamala Harris releases 15 years of her tax returns

Discussion: New York Times, Reuters, Associated Press, Vox, New York Post, Breitbart and The Root

Los Angeles Times:
Kamala Harris releases 15 years of tax returns

Discussion: Splinter

Katie Bernard / CNN:

Kirsten Gillibrand trails the pack with $3 million in first quarter fundraising — Why Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand loves ‘Wonder Woman’ — (CNN)Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand raised $3 million in the first quarter of this year, her campaign communications director said Sunday.

New York Times:
Kirsten Gillibrand Raised $3 Million in First Quarter of 2020 Run, Campaign Says

Discussion: Bloomberg, Washington Post, Political Wire and Axios

Devan Cole / CNN:

Republican senator: Trump may be trying to make ‘everybody crazy’ by threatening to place immigrants in sanctuary cities — Washington (CNN)Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott said Sunday that President Donald Trump's threat to place immigrants into so-called sanctuary cities might just be the President trying to “make everybody crazy.”

Discussion: twitchy.com

Gregg Re / Fox News:
Sanders: Plan to send illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities under ‘thorough’ review

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Post and Slate

Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Trump's ‘sanctuary cities’ plan not first choice, but an ‘option on the table’: Sarah Sanders

Discussion: Washington Post, Politico, Vox, New York Post, One America News Network, Washington Press, IJR, Mother Jones and Breitbart

Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:

A Survival Guide for the Trump White House — All the White House comings and goings raise a question: What does it take to remain in President Donald Trump's favor and keep your job? If the show were called Survivor: White House Edition (and with the former Apprentice host as president …

Discussion: Raw Story

Perry Stein / Washington Post:

They believe more students should attend neighborhood schools. But what happens when it's their child? — Joe Weedon plans to prolong the decision as long as he can. He wants to attend just one more school open house. Talk to just a few more parents and teachers.

Joel Kurtinitis / Des Moines Register:

The compassion of Kyle Korver reads like racism — The last thing I wanted to do this week was go one-on-one against NBA player and former Pella High School hoops star Kyle Korver. — Yet, here we are. — Earlier this week, Korver wrote a thoughtful post that sparked a Twitter trend …

Discussion: Big League Politics and American Thinker

Paul Mozur / New York Times:

One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority — In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track members of a largely Muslim minority group. — The Chinese government has drawn wide …

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